You know this rarely happens in Seattle, so I had to snap some shots!
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12 comments:
I see you put my favorite up. :-)
VS
Would you believe that between posting these photos around 5:00 PM and now (8:30 PM) the rain has turned to a rain/snow mix. This combination along w/ the wind has blown the snow off the trees and rooftops, leaving up with a TYPICAL looking Seattle December. Green, brown, and wet. Tis the season...
Seattle reminds me of Memphis. The year I lived there we got 3-4 inches of snow one day (very rare) and the whole city came to a standstill. No salt trucks! Schools were canceled and folks went nuts. I teased my co-workers, telling them in the Burgh we were still barbequing with 3 inches of snow on the ground! It is pretty--we still havent gotten our first snow worthy of pics.
lol...so true, E. I was driving back from the mall today on the unplowed roads (that were freezing underneath), and I felt like a big baby...having forgotten how to drive in the snow. Down hill, sliding all the way, cars ahead were braking. The car behind me slowly spun out, and in slow mo the cars behind him ran into his side.
Sweet!
It just started snowing here in NYC as well and it's PRETTTTTY!
I used to find it hilarious when I lived in the Virginia suburbs of DC... coming from North Dakota... to see what panic could ensue if a few flakes appeared. Schools and offices would close... if you stopped at the Safeway on the way home, they would already be sold out of bread, milk, and eggs. Come on people!! None of it was even sticking to the ground. It is not as though you are going to be trapped in your home for weeks!!!
Every few years we would have a real snowfall and then everyone driving home went into EXTREME panic mode... that means that you drive twice as fast and run all the stop lights/signs in order to get home quickly because... MY GAWD... it is really SNOWING!!
BUT CG... there is really no knowing *how* to drive on snow covered ice. That is totally different from knowing how to drive in the normal snow of the northlands. You only have one option if any ice is involved. That is to drive as slowly as you can and try to stay out of the way of the morons.
And yes... a 4WD is useless on ice or ice/snow mixes
VS
VS, I beg to differ. THere are things you can do when the car begins to slide to help yourself. One of them is turning the wheel in the directio your car wants to go, which will at least allow you to straighten out. People here slam the breaks and jerk the wheel...recipe for a pile-up.
That is just common sense whether you slide on ice or snow or even just water. But the reality is that on ice covered snow, you have literally no control over your car once it goes into a slide or just to stop it for a red light. You might not make cookies if you know enough to turn into the slide, but you can't stop unless you hit a dry spot or the momentum of the car stops you... or the rear end of another car. :-)
Just knowing to turn in the direction of a slide will rarely avoid an accident on ice. The only serious option is to drive slow enough that when or if you do hit something, you won't damage your car all that much.
Another thing that MIGHT help is if there is enough snow on top of the ice, you can move over onto the deepest part of the snow and you might get enough friction to stop if you are going slow enough. Much depends on the consistency of the snow...
Gads... I know more about this than any human should have to know... give me tropical weather...
VS
Jealous! You know that's never gonna happen here. Beautiful shots though.
Yeah....I miss snow.....
You got snow and we got ice! I'll take snow any day.
I want to go on record as TAKING CREDIT FOR THAT SNOW! It was me! Muhahahahahaha!
Here's why: my husband and I drove to Seattle from Spokane, the glamorous and glorious city five hours to the east of Seattle with much more attainable housing prices, on Saturday. When we crossed the pass and started descending into the 'burbs, THERE WAS SUN SHINING. I cannot stress how strange this is. There is never any sign of sun in Seattle in December. But lo! We had just come from a land of snowy whiteness, and within a few hours of our arrival, the sun disappeared and it began to snow. Snow, I say!
So you see! It was me!
Stay dry out there, Cairogal! We'll be enjoying the third major snowfall of the season out here in glorious Spokane. Neener.
-TVDinner, not so very anonymously
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